A day earlier, settlers at Painted Stone Station, established by Squire Boone, had learned that the fort was about to be raided by a large Indian war party under the command of Loyalist captain Alexander McKee.

[1] Most chose to abandon that station for the better defended ones near Beargrass Creek, and had left the injured Boone and one other family behind.

[2] Following the loss of part of their military guard, the party was ambushed at thirteen-mile tree, 8 miles (13 km) from Linn's Station.

[1][4] During the second engagement, however, a Wyandot chief present was killed, which led to the dispersal of the Indian forces and the end of McKee's raid.

[1] Reenactments are held annually [5] in the Shelbyville, Kentucky area by the Painted Stone Settlers near the site of the massacre.